If relief has a flavor, Kate's kiss is it. She knows he'll never deny her. She's never had trouble asking for what she wants. But she's never been in "a relationship" either and that changes things. The person whose body parts she's borrowing isn't a one-off or a short-term fling. Maybe her body just needs his parts, but her heart needs him.

"Thanks," she whispers into that quick, hard kiss. Not for the orgasm but for making it easy. She hopes and she's pretty sure, he knows what she means. And as for what she wants, that's easier. "Your fingers, like the night you wouldn't fuck me, and your mouth." Just that quick, she drops off to her back, grins guiltily up at him. "But fast."